The Puffer Forum

Hello how is everyone, well last time i was here had a porky puffer witha fungal infection that was clearing up. Problem was the Puffer was allergic to Pimafix and already had a violent reaction to Pima from which I was there to save him thew first time. On the Mend there was still little fungus left so I decided to dose him again with Pimafix as it was working but this time I dosed his tank before bed. Again he had a violent reaction to the Pimafix at night and this time he Perished, and was dead by the morning no point Cryin really as what good is a fish that you cant treat when hes sick!!

Anyway upgraded the Marine tank to a 350 Litre Tank blah blah tank cycled with Live rock and big filter. Ammonia = 0, Nitrite = 0 and Nitrates at 35ppm. Salinity is 1.023 temp 26oC. The Fish I have in there now are a Starfish, 3 Hermit Crabs, Tetrodoan Fluviliatis (Ceylon Puffer brackish but bought as a Full Marine Fish) and a Stars n Stripes Pufferwho dont fight and get on very well!

Symptoms: white spots on fins of Stripy puffer no spots on body and a few white spots on Ceylon's fins and none on his body!
Dosed with Pimafix when there was only 1 spot on Stripy puffer for a few days no change a few more spots appeared on him today.
Both Fish still have an Appetite!

Now I'm not sure if this is Ich as the spots are not on the body only on Fins. Could it be bacterial ?? Your Thoughts please......

Pics? Get that nitrate <20. How many lbs LR? What kind of filter? Skimmer?

Have you seen the recommended tank size for an adult S&S? Add 40g to that for the Ceylon. Sorry about the porc.

got 55 lbs of LR with 1 Fluval 405 filter running and a V2 1200 Skim. Cant get pics im afraid these little buggers swim to fast and the spots are alot smaller to cam! So what any ideas on what it might be?

Does it look like salt or bigger? What are you doing to get nitrate down? Do you have a skimmer?

smaller than salt grain, but not all same size. All I can do for crappy nitrates is WC! and my Skimmer is a V2 Skim 1200

Sounds like ich to me. There's an article on treating marine ich in the LIbrary. Do a major water change to get the nitrates down. They're stressing him and weakening his immune system.

LilGreenPuffer wrote:Sounds like ich to me. There's an article on treating marine ich in the LIbrary. Do a major water change to get the nitrates down. They're stressing him and weakening his immune system.

Theres no spots on his body! What Ich would only infest the Fins. No Ich covers the whole body! Does it not????

Ich sometimes can start on the fins and is also more noticeable there, it then spreads to the body.

Walrus Head wrote:

LilGreenPuffer wrote:Sounds like ich to me. There's an article on treating marine ich in the LIbrary. Do a major water change to get the nitrates down. They're stressing him and weakening his immune system.

Theres no spots on his body! What Ich would only infest the Fins. No Ich covers the whole body! Does it not????

It will cover the body too, if not treated, but it has to start somewhere! If it is ich, then hopefully you have caught it before it spreads?

Whenever my fish would get it, it would start at the tailfin.